Information about Kilconla

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Kilconla
Irish Form of Name:
Cill Conla
Translation:
Connla's Church
Civil Parish:
Kilconla
View all place names in this civil parish.
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Cill Conla
Kilconla
Killconla Beauforts Map of Ireland
Kilconly Parish By. Surveyors Sketch Map
Kilconla Carlisle's Topl. Dictionary
Killconly County Map
Kilconley Down Survey 1655
R. C. Chapel of Kilconly Local
Kilconly Printed Townland List
Description:
The walls only just built not yet roofed.
Situation:
Situated in the Eastern extremity of the townland of Ballynangithagh.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Kilconla is in Ballynagittagh townland.
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